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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

This is probably the last set of photos from the Oscars. Phew. These were taken by Tyrone Roberts who followed me to several Oscar Week events and photographed all of the action. You can see more of his work here.

I also did a fun wrap-up with Nic Baisley of Film Snobbery about what happened behind the scenes and we talked about the Anne Hathaway backlash at great length.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The top photo might be my favorite from all three years of covering the Academy Awards. It was so much fun yelling with the fans in the bleacher seats. How could you not get excited? I am suffering from my usual Oscar hangover from fatigue (not alcohol!). It's such an exhausting, but exhilarating week.

Also, I have been talking a bit about #MySmarterCommerce which is IBM's campaign to see how technology affects our daily lives. It was so interesting for me to see a jump in interactions via Twitter since I was live Tweeting the red carpet. I couldn't even keep up with responding to everyone this year. Holy cow, it was great! I love to see technology impacting us all in a fun way.

Monday, February 25, 2013

It always takes a village to get me together for big red carpets, so here is a list of my team for Oscars 2013. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get me to look my best at such an early hour. It isn't easy!

Saturday, February 23, 2013

As you know, I've been around Oscar activity all week long. I've been sleuthing around trying to find a few details about the show. Here's what I dug up so far. Remember, things could change at the last minute because there is a rehearsal tomorrow morning, but as of Saturday afternoon, this is what I heard:

1. Barbra Streisand is performing the Marvin Hamlisch-written "The Way We Were" as a tribute to the deceased composer and all of the other artists we lost in 2012.

2. Barbra is being dressed by her longtime friend and designer, Donna Karan, who has been buzzing around the star's house getting her outfit red carpet ready.

3. They are restaging "Cell Block Tango" from Chicago with Catherine Zeta-Jones leading the way. (One of my favorite numbers ever in a musical theatre piece.)

4. Seth MacFarlane will be crooning at some point during the show. Rumor has it, he sounds just like Frank Sinatra.

5. The orchestra will not be housed at the Dolby Theatre. There just wasn't enough space for them. They will be playing at the Capitol Records building down the street. (This has been confirmed by WSJ Online.)

With the Season 16 announcements for Dancing with the Stars just three days away, I thought I would compile a list of who is rumored or confirmed to be hitting the dance floor. Make sure to add your confirmed or rumored celebs and pros in the comments below, on Twitter, or Facebook.

Note: I am covering the Oscars on Sunday, so I probably won't have time to update this page on Sunday. I will be back on Monday. Thanks for understanding!Confirmed Pros:Derek Hough--confirmed via TwitterSharna Burgess--confirmed via TwitterCheryl Burke--confirmed via TwitterVal Chmerkovskiy--confirmed via TwitterLindsay Arnold--confirmed via TwitterMark Ballas???--he tweeted thisTony Dovolani--confirmed via Twitter